Witter Earns Defensive Honor

Courtesy: NC A&T Sports Information

Release: 12/17/2012

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GREENSBORO - Austin Witter was only two blocks
shy of breaking his former teammates' single-game record. He didn't get the record,
but his defensive performance did lead the Aggies to a non-conference 71-66
road win over New Jersey Institute of Technology on Thursday.

Witter's
eight-block, 11-defensive rebound effort against the Highlanders earned him
MEAC Defensive Player of the Week honors. Witter also had two blocks in the
Aggies 77-66 loss to Seton Hall on Sunday. The single-game record for blocked
shots is held by Thomas Coleman who had nine blocks against Coppin State on
Jan. 14, 2008.

Coleman and
Witter played together for two seasons.

The last two
outings were particularly satisfying for Witter, a Princeton Junction, N.J.,
native, because it was a homecoming for him. Witter grew up 45 miles from
Newark, N.J., where both the NJIT and Seton Hall games were played.

For the
season, Witter is averaging 5.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.6 blocks and 1.5
assists per game. He is third in the MEAC in blocks and seventh in rebounding.
Witter and the Aggies return to action on Wednesday, Dec. 19, when Eastern
Kentucky comes to Corbett Sports Center for a 7 p.m., contest.